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Karma originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh philosophies.
Since the 20th century emergence of emotional intelligence as a novel paradigm for viewing human experience, karma has become a sectarian term which umbrellas the entire collection (both conscious and subconscious) of human emotionality. This modern view of karma, devoid of any spiritual exigencies, obviates the need for an acceptance of reincarnation in Judeochristian societies and attempts to portray karma as a universal psychological phenomenon which behaves predictably, like other physical forces such as gravity.Sakyong Mipham eloquently summed this up when he said; Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.
This view of karma, as a universal and personally impacting emotional constant, correlates with Buddhist and Jungian understanding that volition (or libido, created from personal and cultural biases) is the primary instigator of karma. Any conscious thought, word and/or action, arising from a cognitively unresolved emotion (cognitive dissonance), results in karma.
Jung once opined on unresolved emotions and the synchronicity of karma; 'When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.'